Trunk-locking means.



G. H. WHEARY TRUNK LOCKYNG MEANS. APPLICATION man 11mg 29,19m.

Patented 90$. 26, 1915.

"A TTUR/VE Y5 UNITED STATES PATENT orricn GEORGE HENRY WHEAR'Y,' 0F RAGINE, WICONSIN TRUNK-LOCKING MEANS.

Application filed 31111829, 1914. Serial No. 847,808.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I GEORGE H. VHEARY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trunk-Locking "Means, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are 'a part of this specification.

' This invention relates to improvements in trunk locking means more particularly adapted for use with trunks having a plurality of locking bolts.

In trunks of the better class a plurality of keyed locking devices is usually provided for locking the trunk cover to the body portion. The independent operation of "these locking devices is not convenient and requires considerable time and is otherwise objectionable.

It is one. of the objects of the present invention'to overcome the before mentioned objectionable features and'provide a trunk taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sec- With the above and other ob ects in view,

the invention consists of the improved trunk locking means and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims and all equiv, alents thereof.

in the accompanying drawing in which.

thesame reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views; Figure 1 is-a front View of a trunk provided with the improved locking means; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the trunk and an-inner view of the locking means thereof; Fig 3 is a sectional detail view on a larger scale tional detail view of one of the locking members shown in locked position; Fig. 5

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

is a similar view with the parts shown in open position; and F ig. 6 is a sectional detail view of'one of the locking members.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 8 indicates the trunk body and 9 the hinged cover thereof. The cover is locked in closed position by two hasp locks 10 and 11, of which the lock 10 is the keyed lock and the lock llis automatically controlled by the keyed lock. The lock 10 comprises the spring hasp member 12 hinged to the cover: and the escutcheon member 13 secured to.

the body portion of the trunk. The has p member is provided with the usual lockingbarrel 14; whichenters the trunk tl'lrouglr the barrel opening 15 of the .escutcheojnumember 13 and the bolts 16 of saidbarrel member lockthe two parts together in the ordinary manner. The hasp member 12 is also provided with an inwardly projecting finger 17 having an inclined end portion 17 the purpose of which will later be described.-

This finger extends through an opening :18

in the escutcheon member when the parts are in closed-position.

The hasp membe r' is provided with. a spring 19 for ,yieldiiigly holding the'said member in its outer open position. The

automatically operated lock 11 is of the keyless form and comprises the spring hasp member 20 which is hinged to the cover and 1 is adapted to'swing intoengagement :'ith the escutcheon member 21 mounted on the body portion of the trunk. The escutcheon member is provided with an eyed projection T 22 which extends int-o the trunk through an: 1

opening 23 formed in the ,escutcheon menu her and which is entered by abolt 2t slidably mounted within a tubular portion. 25 of the said escutcheon member. 24: is provided wlth a gu de stem 26 Wl110l1 passes througha medially positioned guide partition 2'? of the tubular portion 25 and .is limitedly, slidably connected to an actuating 'rod 2-8'slidably mounted onthe inner side of one ofthe walls of the trunk. The

outer end of the bolt stem extends slidably The bolt through a yoked. end 29 of the actuating rod and is held in engagement with said rod yoke by a transverse pin 30. The yoke portion 29 is of a length to permit the bolt stem to reciprocate therein a -'suliic1ent distance 05' ,so'that the bolt may be pushed into unlocki ing position by the eyed projection 22 of the "and interposed between the medial partition "andthe rectangular head 24 in f unlocked position.

hasp member when the hasp member is pressed into locking engagement with the bolt.

A heavy unlocking coiled spring 31 sur-' rounding the bolt stem 26 and interposed between the yoked end 29 and the medial partition 27 serves to normally hold the bolt A locking coiled spring 32 also surrounding the bolt stem of the bolt is of less strength than the first mentioned bolt spring and is adapted to yieldingly hold the bolt in hasp engaging posltlon when the unlocking spring is compressed by the actuating rod 28.

meral 33 and the inner end 34' of the eyed.

projection 22 is likewise beveled to provide forthe automatic engagement partswhen the hasp member is pushed into. locked position.

of the. two

The actuating rod 28 extends through guide brackets 35 to a position so that its angular end portion 36 will .beengaged. by the angular face of the project1onl7 and the rod will be moved endwise in a direction toward the spring actuated bolt and will compress theheavy spring and permit the light spring to yieldingly move the bolt to locking position. The keyless clasp member is key lock..haspmember is first swung 1 to locked position. .40=

"'fhasp'mem will be 3, automatically also provided with a spring 37 to swing the saidmember to open position.

In use the trunk cover is closed and the number of locks maybe used and controlled from one keyed lock;

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the trunk locking means for trunks having a plurality of locks. is of Sill]? ple construction and is well adapted for the purpose described;

What I claim as my invention is: l. The coinbinationof a trlink, vof an automatic locking means therefor, consisting of a plurality of locking members; for' look-- ing the cover to said locking members being controlled by a key and the remainingv member being yield; by. amovment of the keyed lock toward open position, said remaining) to be lockingly en aj gaged while held in locked 'position by the' ingly controlled locking member adapted keyed locking member,

r The locking end of, I the bolt is beveled as indicated bythe nuency for moving the r and the other hasp member tion which engages ing a keyless hasp member, bolt slidably and providedwith *to' engage the 'hasp member, provided with through Which the ,stem projects, an actuthe body portion, one of.

2. The combination of a trunk, of an automatic locking means therefor, comprising a plurality of locking members for lockin the cover to the body portion, one of sai locking members being controlled by a key and the remaining-member being yieldingly controlled by a shdable rod which holds the remaining locking member yieldingly in looking position until the rod is disengaged by the keyed lock.

3. An automatic locking means, comprising a keyless hasp' member, a bolt inember positioned to engage the hasp member, means for yieldingly holding the boltmember in unlocked position, means for yieldingly holding the bolt member in locked position, a keyed hasp member spaced from the keylesshasp member, an escutcheon plate engaged by the keyed hasp member, and a member engaged by the keyed hasp member when in locked position for yieldingly holding the bolt'in locking position.

4. An automatic locking means, comprising a keyed hasp member, a bolt-member positioned to engage the hasp member, an

a slidable connection with the, bolt, a coiled spring enactuating] member having gagingthe. bolt and the actuating member an to unlocking position,

bolt to locking position, and a keyed hasp member aving means for movin the actuating member to compress the coi ed spring. I

5. An automaticlocking means comprising a hasp member, a bolt" member positioned to engage the has'p member, an actuating'member having. a slidable connection with tires-bolt and'an angled end ortion, a coiled spring en 'br 'and the bolt and exertin to move the -bdlt to unlocking position,

exerting a tendency to. move the bolt means of less tendaging the actuating mema tendencymeans of less tendency for moving the bolt to locking position, and a keyed hasp member having a projection with an'angled portheangled end of the actuating rod and moves said rod to compress the coiled spring.

'6. 'An automatic locking means, comprismounted 'within' said casing a stem, and" positioned the casing being a medial guide partition ating rodflslida'bly engaging'the 'lb olt stem,

a lock casing, 21

a coiledspring surrounding the bolt stem and interposed between the [medial partition and the actuating rod, another coiled .Ispring surrounding the bolt stem and inter- Tposed'betwe'en' the medial portion and the bolt, said last gless strength than the first mentioned spring, see-5a keyed h s "mem having mentioned spring being of a projection With an" angled portion which en-, In testimony whereof, 1 amx my signagages the angled end of the actuating rod ture, in presence of two Witnesses. and moves said rod to compress the first- GEORGE HENRY WHEARY. mentioned vcoiled v spring and permit the Witnesses:

5 spring of less strength -to -1nove'the bolt to AL. A. BITTER,

locking position. GEORGE BENNISH. 

